The Antiquity of Proverbs: Fifty Familiar Proverbs and Folk Sayings with Annotations and Lists of Connected Forms, Found in All Parts of the WorldG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1922 - 329 pagini |
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Pagina 14
... German , " One rotten egg spoils the whole pudding , " the Danish and Italian , " One mangy sheep spoils the whole flock " and the Russian " A spoonful of tar in a barrel of honey and all is spoiled . ” " Now if some flies perchance ...
... German , " One rotten egg spoils the whole pudding , " the Danish and Italian , " One mangy sheep spoils the whole flock " and the Russian " A spoonful of tar in a barrel of honey and all is spoiled . ” " Now if some flies perchance ...
Pagina 42
... ( German ) . A sparrow in the hand is better than a pigeon on the wing . ( French ) . A sparrow in the hand is worth a pheasant that flieth by . ( Latin , English ) . A sparrow in the hand is worth more than a goose flying in the air ...
... ( German ) . A sparrow in the hand is better than a pigeon on the wing . ( French ) . A sparrow in the hand is worth a pheasant that flieth by . ( Latin , English ) . A sparrow in the hand is worth more than a goose flying in the air ...
Pagina 44
... ( German ) . One bird in the hand is better than four outside it . ( Latin ) . One bird in the hand is worth ten in the sky . ( Belgian ) . One bird in the hand is worth two on the roof . ( Dutch , Portuguese ) . One bird in the net is ...
... ( German ) . One bird in the hand is better than four outside it . ( Latin ) . One bird in the hand is worth ten in the sky . ( Belgian ) . One bird in the hand is worth two on the roof . ( Dutch , Portuguese ) . One bird in the net is ...
Pagina 53
... German ) . He who has seen a black serpent is afraid of a black stick . ( Armenian ) . He whom a serpent has bitten dreads a slow worm - The slow , or blind , worm of West Africa is a harmless reptile . ( Oji - West Africa ) . Once ...
... German ) . He who has seen a black serpent is afraid of a black stick . ( Armenian ) . He whom a serpent has bitten dreads a slow worm - The slow , or blind , worm of West Africa is a harmless reptile . ( Oji - West Africa ) . Once ...
Pagina 57
... German history Heinrich VI was the son of Barbarossa ; and that Albrecht I was the son of Rudolf . If it is true that a father of great talents has a son who has less ability , it may also be said to be true that that son probably had a ...
... German history Heinrich VI was the son of Barbarossa ; and that Albrecht I was the son of Rudolf . If it is true that a father of great talents has a son who has less ability , it may also be said to be true that that son probably had a ...
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The Antiquity of Proverbs: Fifty Familiar Proverbs and Folk Sayings with ... Dwight Edwards Marvin Vizualizare completă - 1922 |
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according ages ALLIED PROVERBS appear Arabian bear become better bird blind called carry century child Chinese comes common crook crow Danish daughter doctor Dutch enemy English evil expression fall father fear feet fire fish follows fool French friendship Gaelic Garhwal German give given goes gold golden hand head heart Hebrew Hindustani hold honest horse Italian JOHN keep King known late Latin live London look Marathi mind Modern Greek mother mouth natural never once origin Osmanli peacock Persian phrase physician Portuguese quoted referred saying Scotch sell Spanish speak stone story swallow tail Tamil tell Telugu things thinks thou thought throw tongue true turn VARIANT PROVERBS wall whistle wise worth young